How To Make A Sofa Slipcover Out Of A Drop Cloth

I m thrilled that my idea actually worked and only cost 30.

How to make a sofa slipcover out of a drop cloth. There seems to be different drop cloths out there and each one seems to have a different hue to them. I have a slipcover business in washington state and have been making a lot of them lately using drop cloths. The pillow supplies were actually the big ticket items at 30 for all the fabric and 20 for the fiber filling. Learn how to bleach drop cloth to make it perfectly soft and white.

Drop cloth couch covers. Tuck in the sides of the drop cloth in between the arms and seat. Make sure you get heavy duty needles and use a new one when you re starting a drop cloth sewing project. She said she bought it at lowes.

I ll take 70 over 700 for a new couch any day. I needed a total of 4 drop cloths 6 ft. A customer brought me a chair and drop cloth that she already washed and i can t find it. I think i broke four needles on my wing chairs and one on my dining room chair slipcovers.

The drop cloths were a steal at home depot 10 for a pack of two. If you re fighting with your machine and it s not the bobbin thread try using a new needle. It was so easy to tuck them into place and they don t move around like all the throws i had covering the couch. Now i m going to make some new pillows to go with my no sew drop cloth slipcover.

I love the way the drop cloth drapes onto the floor. With four girls running from room to room then plopping on the sofa at the end of each chase we put a lot of wear on the comfiest piece of furniture in our house. In the beginning i already gave you some places to buy drop cloths and well as a few tips. At about 2 per yard bleached drop cloth is also the perfect home decor weight fabric for diy curtains.

I finished it the first week of august but that is the same week that we found out mom had cancer and life was put on hold. Bleaching drop cloth is an inexpensive way to make slipcovers for couches and wingback chairs. You can read more about them here. All in all it cost 70 to refinish the whole couch.

If you can see your sofa from the back keep tucking it in pulling the drop cloth from the back until the hem is just off the floor in the back of the sofa too. Slipcovers made from painter s drop cloths when i was growing up in the 1970s my sisters and i played in every room of our house especially the living room. Drop cloths are thick. If you decide to cover your couch or sofa with a drop cloth slipcover then make sure you wash it first.

They can smell when they first come out of the package. And then i promised you i would show you how i made my drop cloth slipcover for my wingback chair.